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Kim Jong-yang
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Kim Il-sung
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Kim Jong-il
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Kim Jong-un
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Detailed explanation-1: -The current president, Yoon Suk-yeol, a former prosecutor general and member of the conservative People Power Party, assumed office on 10 May 2022, after defeating the Democratic Party’s nominee Lee Jae-myung with a narrow 48.5% plurality in the 2022 South Korean presidential election.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the South Korean constitution, presidents are restricted to a single five-year term, meaning that incumbent president Moon Jae-in was ineligible to run for a second term.
Detailed explanation-3: -Top left: Rhee Syng-man became the first president of the Republic of Korea in 1948.
Detailed explanation-4: -The president is directly elected for a single five-year term by plurality vote. The National Assembly has 300 members elected for a four-year term, 253 in single-seat constituencies and 47 members by proportional representation.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment by a unanimous 8–0 ruling on 10 March 2017, thereby removing Park from office, making her the first Korean president to be so removed. On 6 April 2018, South Korean courts sentenced her to 24 years in prison (later increased to 25 years) for corruption and abuse of power.